[Rarebooks] F.S. - Signed Asch's Moses, Pilgrim Father's, Botanical's Sir Walter Scott

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The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in The Reign of James
the First (1603 - 1625 AD).  , Bartlett, W.H., Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co.,
London, 1853, First Edition: The history of our American Forefathers
(Leyden - as they flee their homeland of England due to the religious
intolerance during the reign of James the First (1603 - 1625 AD). Detailing
their  origins and lives in England, religious leaders and beliefs, their
suffering and persecution in England and escape to Holland. The conditions
in Holland during their exile and finally their emigration on the Mayflower
to the New World, and the hardships of settlement. Also providing Pilgrim
character, localities, leadership, etc. Bartlett's sources were gathered
from many early publications connected to different localities, along with
penned memorials; however his chief source are the original chronicles of
the Pilgrims, collected by Mr. Young, of Boston, Old Colony records,
researches of Mr. Sumner at Leyden, etc. Illustrated with 28 steel
engravings, and 31 woodcuts. Various engravings listed: Delft-Haven,
(frontispiece); Scrooby; Mayflower at Cape Cod; Portrait of Winslow;
Provincetown; Leyden, View from Town Hall; Old Houses, Boston; Dutch
Shipping; Burial Hill; Leyden Street; The Jerusalem Hof; Standish Chapel and
Pew; King Henry's Gun, Southampton; Burial Hill, etc. Woodcuts: Map of
Leyden; Map of Cape Cod; Fuller Cradle; Costume of Pilgrims; Old Windowpane;
Major Bradford's Tombstone; Winslow's Coat of Arms; Dutch Peasantry; Old
Ship; Dutch Bible, etc. Original stamped brown cloth, ornate gilt title to
front board and spine. TEG. Stain to edge of front board, few small stains.
Mild rubbing of extremities, corners bumped, with lower front corners
rubbed. Quarter inch chipping to spine ends. Various chips along rear joint.
Spine has been re-backed. Mild soil to rear board. Yellow end papers. Small
bookseller sticker to lower edge of front pastedown, small oval bookseller
blind stamp to e.p., small binders sticker to rear e.p. Very light scattered
foxing, tissue toned. Hinges starting. Text and illustrations clean and
bright, text block tight in covers. 16 pages of ads, (vi, viii, xii), 240
pages with Index (Sketch of the Puritan Emigration That Followed In The
Track of the Pilgrims). In protective archival wraps. First Edition. sm 4
to. $165.00

The Second Jungle Book, Kipling, Rudyard, Illustrations by John Lockwood,
The Century Co., N.Y. 1895, First American Edition: A continuation of The
Jungle Book, these adventures of Mowgli and his companions of the jungle.
With beautiful back and white illustrations and decorations (head &
tailpieces) by John Lockwood Kipling, (Kipling's Father, artist and scholar
who had considerable influence on his son's work). Orange stamped cloth
boards and spine, bright gilt title and author's name, stamped decorative
Palm Tree illustration to front and rear boards. Spine  darkened, gilt
lettering, blind stamped decoration. Rubbing of extremities, rub spots to
edges of front board, few to spine. Very clean text, solidly bound. TEG.
Previous owners name and date (November 1895) to e.p. sm 8 vo, 324 pages. In
protective polyester archival wraps. First Am. Edition. $75.00

Moses, Asch, Sholem; Translated By Maurice Samuel, Signed, Presentation
Copy. Limited to 500 Copies, G. P. Putnam, N.Y. 1951: Sholem
Asch,(1880-1957), Yiddish novelist, playwright, and essayist, (b) Kutno,
Poland. One of 500 copies of Moses, specially bound and autographed for
friends of the author. Signed to prelim. later works reflect the common
spiritual heritage of Jews and Christians. Asch's grand (novel) portrait of
Moses, infused with years of research and Asch's insight and imagination.
>From Moses as a young prince of Pharaoh's court, rebelling under palace
discipline - aware of the legends that surround him- yet deeply curious
about the suffering of the Hebrew people under the horrors of slavery.
Following his decision to cast his lot with Israel - through his mission of
God's will. A vivid account delving deeply into the roots held  in common by
most accounts today. As Asch's later works reflect the common spiritual
heritage of Jews and Christians. One of 500 copies of Moses, specially bound
and autographed for friends and family. Black pebbled cloth boards and
spine, bright gilt title to both, "Presentation Copy" in gilt to lower front
board. End papers decorate with map of The Exodus: Egypt to the Promised
Land, with enlarged area. DW not price clipped, blue, brown graduated color.
Rubbing of extremities, 3/4 by 3/4 inch chip to upper edge, and few smaller
chips, head of spine chipped. Signed by author to blank leaf before half
title. Tall 8 vo., 505 pp. $75.00

Marmion (Illustrated), Scott, Sir Walter, James R. Osgood, Boston, 1885:
Scott's six canto Romanized poem of one of Scotland's greatest, and most
disastrous battles, Flodden Field (1513).. A lovely decorated bound issue of
this medieval romantic verse. Illustrated throughout with 78 drawings and
engravings, including head and tailpieces. By many illustrators including
L.S. Ipsen; A.B. Shute; H. Fenn; G. Perkins; F.B. Schell; A.V.S. Anthony;
G.K. Atwood; Russell & Richardson, etc. Frontispiece has tissue guard. Many
Canto's decoratively framed. All edges gilt. Bound in mustard color cloth,
with ornate gilt and black decorations and illustration to front board and
spine, rear board blank. Mild soil to rear board. Spine ends bumped, corners
and spine ends rubbed. Front and rear hinge rear cracked. Text block firm in
covers. tall 8 vo, 288 pp. $45.00

Works of Ivan Turgenieff: Virgin Soil, Reckless Character, and other
Stories; Turgenieff, Ivan; Translated By Isabel F. Hapgood, The Wiley Book
Co., New York, 1904: Turgenieff, Ivan Sergyevitch. Russian novelist,
1818-1883. Works include: Virgin Soil, Reckless Character and other stories;
The Dream (1876); Father Alexyei's Story (1877); Old Portraits (1881); Love
Triumphant; (Dedicated to the Memory of Gustave Flaubert. Wage du zu irren
und zu traunmen! Schiller); Clara Militch (1882); Poems In Prose,
(1872-882): The Village; The Old Woman, The Dog, The Rule of Life, The End
of the World, The Contented Man, Enemy and Friend, etc.; Bound in dark green
cloth boards and spine, gilt to spine, blind stamped design to front board,
TEG. Mild bumping of spine ends, slight bump to side edge front board, few
pale soil marks. Front hinge just starting. Solidly bound. Clean bright
text, no writing.  sm 8vo, each volume over 385 pages. First thus. $35.00

Three issues:  ($75.00) Media Mail. U.S. n/c. ~ Addisonia, Colored
Illustrations, and Popular Descriptions of Plants, Barnhart, Dr. John
Hendley, (Bibliographer); Nash, George V., Head Gardener; The New York
Botanical Garden (Addison Brown Fund), September 30, 1916, Vol. 1, Number 3:
Ten beautiful, clean clear, color botanical plates, and descriptions by
Mary E. Eaton, the first published starting in 1916, 3 issue: Adoxa
Moschatellina, (Moschatel, North America, Europe, Asia; Moschatel-Family);
Sisyrinchium Bermudianum, (Bermuda Iris, Native of Bermuda; Iris- Family);
Columnea Hirta, (Hairy Columnea, Native of Costa Rico; Gesneria- Family);
Pedilanthus SamllII, (Small's Boot Flower, Florida; Spurge- Family);
Cremnophila Nutans, (Drooping Cremnophila, South-Central Mexico; Orpine-
Family); Pithecolobium Guadalupense, (Black-bead, Southern Florida and West
Indies; Mimosa- Family); Anthurium Grandifolium, (Large-leaved Tail-flower;
Arum- Family), slight bit of edge foxing; Epidendrum Paleaceum, (Chaffy
Epidendrum, Southern Mexico, and Central America; Orchid- Family); Begonia
WilliamsII, (William's Begonia, Native of Bolivia; Begonia- Family);
Oncidium Urophyllum, (Tail-leaf Oncidium, Native of Antiqua and Brazil;
Orchid- Family). A quarterly magazine published with a bequest made to the
New York Botanical Garden by its late President, Judge Addison Brown. Dark
brown stapled wraps, title, series and publication date in black to front.
Spine ends chipped, closed tears to stapled spine, with chipping to head.
Extremities bumped, few short closed tears. Text and print gathering tight,
and clean. Plates are 10 3/4 by 7 3/4, on glossy paper, verso blank; text
letterpress, rag paper, rough cut edge, clean. 60 pages of text, plus 10
plates; sm 4to.

ADDISONIA, Volume 7, Number 2, June, 1922, Colored Illustrations and Popular
Descriptions of Plants, Barnhart, Dr. John Hendley, (Bibliographer);
Gleason, Dr. Henry Allan, (Assistant Director), 1922: Eight beautiful, color
botanical plates, and descriptions by  Mary E. Eaton: Virburnum Cassinoides,
(Withe-rod, Eastern and Central U.S.; Honeysuckle- Family; Polystachya
Minuta, (Polystachya, Native of Florida, West Indies, and South America;
Orchid- Family);  Aconogonum Polystachyum, (Kasmir-plume, Central Asia;
Buckwheat- Family);  Anthurium Scandens, (Climbing Tail-flower, West Indies
and Continental Tropical American; Arum- Family);  Alnus Rugosa, (Smooth
Alder, Eastern and Middle United States; Birch- Family); Anoda Hastata,
(Halberd-leaved Anoda; Mallow- Family), touch of a pale stain to paper edge
(not water); Quamasoa Esculenta, (Wild Hyacinth, Central U.S.; Lily-
Family), same stain 1 1/2 by 1/2, pale to edge;  Xylophylla Epiphyllanthus,
(Hardhead, West Indies; Spurge-Family) 2 1/2 by 2 inch pale edge stain to
both Plate & Text. Rear wrap has same stain, 3" by 2", and a smaller paler
one next to it. Stains do not affect print or text. Minor offsetting to
text. Brown wraps. Short closed tears and bumping to extremities, closed
tears around staples.  Plates are 10 3/4 by 7 3/4, on glossy paper, verso
blank; text letterpress, rag paper, rough cut edge, clean. 31 pages of text,
plus 8 plates; sm 4to.

ADDISONIA, Volume 7, Number 3, September, 1922, Colored Illustrations and
Popular Descriptions of Plants: Eight beautiful, clean clear, color
botanical plates, and descriptions by  Mary E. Eaton and F.W. Horne:
Amorphophallus Bulbifer (Native of Asia, Arum-Family); Lopezia Hirsuta,
(Hairy Lopezia), (Evening-Primrose Family; Native of Central and Southern
Mexico); Byrnesia WeinbergII, (Natie Country unknown, Orpine Family;
Runyonia Longiflora (Runyon's Huaco, Northern Mexico and Southern Texas,
Amaryllis Family; Echinocerieus BaileyI, (Bailey's Hedgehog-Cereus, Native
of Oklahoma, Cactus Family); Trichosporum Pulchrum, (Beautiful
Treichosporum, Native of Jave, Gesneria Family); Graptopetalum Pachphyllum,
(Thick-leaved Graptopetalum, Native of Mexico, Orpine Family); Crotalaria
Retusa, (Large Yellow Rattlebox, Native of tropical regions, Pea Family).
Brown stapled wraps, title, series and publication date in black to front.
Extremities bumped, closed tears. Closed tear at staples. Contents secure in
wraps. Clean text and plates.. Plates are 10 3/4 by 7 3/4, on glossy paper,
verso blank; text letterpress, rag paper, rough cut edge, clean. 47 pages of
text, plus 8 plates; sm 4to.

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